Giraffe Coloring Pages
Free printable giraffe coloring pages featuring cute baby giraffes, cartoon giraffes eating leaves, savanna scenes and detailed spotted patterns.
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A giraffe is built out of shapes a child can already draw. One long neck, four straight legs, two knobbed horns and a coat of rounded patches. That is why giraffe coloring pages work so well for small hands, and it is what these 15 free printables are built around, from a chubby calf in the grass to a full savanna scene for an adult. Every design downloads as a free PDF sized for US Letter paper, so you can print one at the kitchen table or thirty for a classroom.
The cute baby giraffe coloring pages come first, because that is what most people arrive looking for. Cute Baby Giraffe Standing in the Grass and Baby Giraffe Sitting With Its Legs Folded carry the heaviest outlines in the set and leave the biggest blank patches, so a three year old can fill them without fighting the lines. Smiling Giraffe Face Close Up puts one grinning face across the whole sheet and has the fewest separate areas of anything here. Cartoon Giraffe Eating a Leaf adds a second object to color without adding any difficulty.
The cartoon giraffe coloring pages put the animal into a scene. Tall Giraffe Standing Beside a Tree sets the animal next to a tree so a child can see the height for themselves. Giraffe at the Watering Hole gives you one wide calm shape to color after all those spots, and Cartoon Giraffe Running Across the Savanna catches the pose nobody expects from an animal this tall. Giraffe Looking Over a Zoo Fence is the view every child gets at the feeding platform, with straight plank shapes to balance the curves. Mother Giraffe and Her Baby Standing Together and Giraffe and Zebra Standing Together each put two animals on one sheet, which settles the argument when two children want the same page.
Pick your colors before you start, because a giraffe is never one flat shade. The patches run from pale sand to deep chestnut and the narrow lines between them stay cream. Lay the lightest color down first across the whole coat, then drop the darker patch color inside each shape and leave that cream gap showing. The legs fade paler toward the hooves and the belly stays lightest of all. Save one surprise for the tongue: a giraffe's tongue is dark blue purple, roughly 18 inches long, and the color protects it from sunburn while it strips leaves all day. On the cartoon sheets you can throw all of that out and color the animal turquoise. It still works.
Five sheets step up in difficulty and drop the cartoon proportions. Realistic Giraffe Standing on the Savanna and Giraffe Head and Neck Portrait hold more than a hundred separate patches each and reward a fine tipped pen. Two Giraffes by an Acacia Tree puts two full grown animals under the tree that shaped them, since acacias grow that flat umbrella crown because giraffes eat everything below it. Patterned Giraffe With Savanna Plants fills every patch with its own dots, lines and spirals, and Giraffe Mandala With Acacia Leaves rings a single face with repeating leaves for the adult at the table.
More printable animal line art in the same style: Elephants, Lions, Zoo Animals and Farm Animals.
Frequently Asked Questions
What colors should I use on a giraffe?
Use two tones plus a cream gap. Reticulated giraffes wear sharp edged chestnut patches divided by narrow off white lines, and Masai giraffes wear softer patches shaped like vine leaves in a lighter tan. Color the whole coat pale first, then fill each patch darker and leave the line between them uncolored. Keep the belly and the lower legs lightest. The horns, called ossicones, sit somewhere between the two tones, and the tongue is dark blue purple if your sheet shows one.
What are five interesting facts about giraffes for kids?
A giraffe has seven neck bones, exactly the same number you have, but each one runs about ten inches long. A newborn drops five feet to the ground at birth and stands up within an hour. Adults sleep around 30 minutes a day, taken in short naps. No two giraffes share a spot pattern, so a coat works like a fingerprint. A group of them is called a tower, which is the fact most children repeat at dinner.
How do I draw a giraffe step by step?
Start with two shapes, not with the outline. Draw a rounded body like a loaf, then a smaller rounded head, and set them far apart on the page. Join them with two long curved lines for the neck. Add four straight legs with a small bump at each knee, then a short tail with a tuft. Finish the head with two tall ears, two knobbed horns and one long snout. Draw the patches last, as rounded shapes that never quite touch. Copy the pose from Cute Baby Giraffe Standing in the Grass while you work.
Which giraffe coloring page is easiest for a preschooler?
Smiling Giraffe Face Close Up has the fewest areas and the thickest lines, so it suits a child from about age three. Cute Baby Giraffe Standing in the Grass and Baby Giraffe Sitting With Its Legs Folded are the natural next steps. Leave the realistic sheets, the patterned giraffe and the mandala for age eight and up.
Can I print these giraffe coloring sheets for a whole class?
Yes. Every design downloads as a free PDF and prints on standard US Letter paper. There is no account, no watermark and no limit on copies, so a classroom set, a library group or a zoo themed party all work.